SDSU's Seth Daughters, Josiah Fitzsimmons and Alex Olinger and USD's Will Powell and Kyle Cichos received the MVFC President's Council Academic Excellence Award for the 2012-2013 academic year. The award requires a minimum 3.5 cumulative grade point average (through Fall 2012 semester) and participation in athletics a minimum of two years. The student-athlete must be within 18 hours of graduation.

The Jackrabbits' 57 student-athletes named to the MVFC Honor Roll tied with Illinois State for the most in the 10-team conference. The Coyotes had 34 players on the Honor Roll in which the student-athletes must have a 3.0 GPA for the fall term and must have completed 12 credit hours.

In addition, 22 SDSU honorees and six from USD received the Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award, which requires a minimum 3.2 GPA for the previous two semesters.